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UcanTry
07-20-2004, 11:47 PM
ill tell you, i have done everything possible to get my car to start and it wont. setup is a built up sr with a sds standalone.....ive changed the altinator, battery, fuel pump, spark plugs, start plug wires, the sds coilpacks, you name it ive changed it out. the car gets spark and fuel but the damn thing will not turn over and run, im lost, ive had local turbo shops come by and look at it and no one can figure it out. god its pissing me off, anyways does anyone have an idea or is close enough to come by and check it out thanks

Pudula
07-20-2004, 11:52 PM
make sure your fuel lines are not in the wrong places. stumped me for 2 months.

Ryan

p.s. - and yes, i hate my sr20'd 240 all the time.

HaLo
07-20-2004, 11:55 PM
I'd say I hate her once in a while... ;)

UcanTry
07-20-2004, 11:56 PM
thanks man, i checked all that stuff when i replaced the fuel pump, but its fine, so people are like check the timing but how do you check it if the car wont run? the car worked fine on wednsday night drove it home parked it, didnt drive it thursday, whent out friday night and all this started, now its been 3 weeks i dont get it, from fine to diaster

nightwalker
07-20-2004, 11:59 PM
Time to bust out the trusty "multi-meter" and hit up all the sensors and see if everything is responding like it should. It's the only way you're truly going to find out.

Buffalo Daughter
07-21-2004, 12:07 AM
i hear that. When starts to malfunction or somethings just aint going right, yeah i my car sometimes but shes a fuckin champ that keeps on chuggin. You'll fix your probs man. Just one of them days or weeks.

Hawd
07-21-2004, 12:28 AM
Right now I'm hating it because the fucking wheel hub on my 4- lug car is not fucking coming off so I can put the 5-lug hub from my other car on it.

TheSnail
07-21-2004, 12:31 AM
I hate mine since I have spent 9g's on it in the past month and it is not yet on the road. Plus the stresses of pulling 9g's out of your ass when you dont even have a job. How is it possible? I dont know?

CustomS14A
07-21-2004, 12:41 AM
I sold my last car {240sx 98 red} because i was paying 540 dollars on Insurance a month so i bought this car for {93 coupe for 600} That needed some i mean a lot of work so 4 g's in repaires ...so i have to like the car but i dont like body shop that put on the core support and didnt tightent the bolt down when they gave me back the car...

boro240
07-21-2004, 01:25 AM
more often than i should...

mrmephistopheles
07-21-2004, 03:57 AM
only when the brake lights wouldn't work... or the electrical system is otherwise throwing a shitfit.. oh. those, and me breaking the battery loose from it's mount(s). 1st time i solved that problem was with duct tape. 2nd time was HomeDepotSPL.

240Stilo
07-21-2004, 05:41 AM
Thin line between love and hate and my car is all the proof I need. I hate it when its broke and love it once I fix it. Funny that everytime it causes me stress I think about selling it to get a new car. Last thing that made me hate it was a broken wheel spacer.

PSI240SX
07-21-2004, 06:55 AM
well lets see in the past month I have delt with some pretty aggravating issue's with my car and I have wanted to drive it into a wall. First it was detonating at 10psi, I have friends who run 14psi on stock sidemount with no detonation. Then it started breaking up under boost, even at 6 psi. So I spent the $800 for a RSPL FMIC and installled it hoping it would solve all my probs.... WRONG. Still breaking up. Replaced everything, one by one. Plugs, Ignitor, ECU, MAFS, Knock, Coilpacks, pulled the harness and continuity tested every wire, checked for boost leaks, I mean everything! ARRRGGHHH! Then I developed a dash cluster light problem... they stay on even when the key is out. Took a few days to figure out my rusted battery tray rusted apart where the ground wire was... fixed that, no more lights. Then I noticed that my battery was going dead when the car was left sitting for a few days... voltage draw, all while the car doesnt even run right. Then I go to my appointment for my ac to be fixed and we get it working but the duct temps are poor and they can't tell me why. So I spent money to have ac and it doesnt even work right....Then my damn auto seatbelt on the drivers side stopped working so now I am not even safe behind thew wheel but that dosnt matter because I cant even floor my car without backfires and black smoke! ARRRRGGHHHH I HATE YOU CAR DIE DIE DIE....

After a month of wanting to murder the car I finally figured out the break up problem.... get this, the maf connector... yes the plastic connector! I removed the wires from the connector and plugged them directly into the maf itself and voila! Runs perfectly! The voltage draw is not so simple, it goes away when I pull the room lamp fuse under the dash however, that fuse somehow controls my dash clock, and my radio. Well I could care less about the clock so I hotwired the radio to another fuse, and I put a flashlight in my car :)

I can honestly say that after being so aggravated with this car, all those feelings go away when you get them solved. You forget that you were ever mad and you'll smile from ear to ear the first time you go through the gears fast, or slide around your favorite corner.

KoukiS14
07-21-2004, 10:40 AM
I hate my car OFTEN. . just fixed a leaking front crank seal :o
been leaking more oil than a GM product for a year :D

TheSnail
07-21-2004, 11:50 AM
I hate my car OFTEN. . just fixed a leaking front crank seal :o
been leaking more oil than a GM product for a year :D

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